Tri Sea Seakeeper Newsletter: #4

TRI SEA NEWSLETTER: #4

Tri Sea Stabilizers, official Seakeeper Dealer Sponsor for the 2024 Blue Marlin Grand Championship.

May 1. 2024

NEws from the TEAM!

INVITATION TO HOST

Adding to the good news in 2024 Tri Sea was invited to sponsor the 2024 Blue Marlin Grand Championships in Orange Beach, Alabama this July. There has been a wait list for spaces for years but due to our long term relationship with Galati and our newfound relationship with Pensacola Marine Center, we were chosen. The tournament raises Money for St. Judes every year and have raised over $200,000 for the cause to date. We are extremely excited to be a part of this wonderful cause as well as attend to provide support to our clients and industry partners.

EVENT LISTS

Aligning with the Blue Marlin Tournament we realized that we don’t always take the time to share with everyone in the company all the events we support and work. These events make up a large percentage of how we bring new Service and Installation business in to the company! So, below we are sharing with you all the sponsorships and events we have committed to through the End of 2024:

May 17-19: SOFLO MIAMI

May 25: FORT LAUDERDALE DEMO EVENT (PIER 66)

May 26: MIAMI DEMO EVENT (MIAMI BEACH MARINA)

May 29: FLORIDA KEYS DEMO EVENT (SD MARINE GROUP)

May 29: - June 1: CAPE FEAR BLUE MARLIN TOURNAMENT

July 10-14: 2024 BLUE MARLIN GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS

Oct 1-3: IBEX

Oct 30-Nov 3: FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW

EMPLOYEE NEWS:

Anniversary’s

Join us in Saying Happy Anniversary to your Team mates!

JOEY - INVENTORY AND PROCUREMENT MANAGER OF SEAKEEPER AND GYRO PARTS

JOSEPH WANTROBSKI 2 Years / FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - Well you heard me talk about kissing a lot of frogs before finding a prince before. Joey takes the cake!!!! We are all so lucky to have found this guy.

From the fleet to parts to Gyroparts.com to helping anywhere and everywhere he can, it would be hard to argue if there was ever a better “GO GETTER”!

Smiles abound every day that Joey is at work no matter what the day has thrown at him.

Thank you Joey for 2 years of BEING YOU!

LITTLE KNOWN FACT: When Joey decided to get a dog he went to the kill shelter and asked for the dog that was there the longest and was getting ready to be put down and took him home. He still has his his dog and best friend “Tyson”.

CHRIS VASSURA 2 Years / TAMPA, FL Congratulations is in order for many reasons for the man behind the sparks and mask! Chris recently married the Love of his life and on May 31 he will hit his 2 year Anniversary with Tri Sea.

If you have not met Chris you are missing out on meeting a very talented fella. Chris fabricates all of our custom Seakeeper mounts as well as adapts Torx mounts and fabricates all sorts of things when needed.

If you see him soon please give him double congrats on his life events! Thank you for the hard work these last 2 years!!!!

LITTLE KNOWN FACT: In his free time Chris enjoys spending with his best friend and black lab “Bella” and his cats. While Bella is his best friend he is also well known as “Cat Daddy” and loves his feline companions as well.

CHRIS - Welding and Fabrication of Seakeeper mounts and accessories

KRISTEN - Seakeeper Service Coordinator or Tri Sea

KRISTEN SMITH 1 Years / WILMINGTON, NC Kristen came to us, tired of the crazy schedule that comes with being a firefighter in NC. Yup she fought fires, you heard me right. She started out with us training in warranty and Ride sales as well as Event and Boat Show set up.

But, I guess she missed fighting fires so much (lol) she applied for, and has recently made the move over into the Service Department as Service Coordinator.

Kristen is known as a team player by her friends, team mates and co-workers at all times. Both with her fellow employees and our clients everyone just loves talking to her.

LITTLE KNOWN FACT: Kristen has trained for many many many Marathons, Swim Run Races as well as Iron Man’s as well as crated and hosts 2 races that belong to her in NC. Her friends gave her the nickname of “Honey Badger” for a reason :)

CARLOS BOQUIN 1 Years / FORT LAUDERDALE Carlos came to us having worked in and around the Marine Industry in Fort Lauderdale for some time. He had a love of Seakeeper and wanted to work for a Seakeeper dealer that truly focused on that one thing and one thing alone.

At the time, we were not running ads for the installation department but Carlos Called every week to check in until we were! His persistence and hard work are appreciated daily! He comes to work with a smile and a friendly attitude every day.

Thank you Carlos!

LITTLE KNOWN FACT: Carlos loves to cook and makes a hell of a homemade pork rind. He also happens to be very good at leather craftsmenship.

CARLOS - Seakeeper Installation Technician for Tri Sea

BIRTHDAYS:

Would you believe that there is not one Birthday in May? So Happy Cinco De Mayo and Happy Memorial Day!

Newcomers

WELCOME TO THE TRI SEA SEAKEEPER ELITE DEALER TEAM!

Please give a warm welcome to some of the new faces joining us if you happen to run into any of them in your Seakeeper Service and Installation locations.

LUKE HOUSAND - Pensacola

GYRO SHENANIGANS

Gyro pretending like he is not all play and he has a little Seakeeper business on his brain ever day!

Tri Sea Seakeeper Newsletter: #3

TRI SEA NEWSLETTER: #3

April 1. 2024

NEws from the TEAM!

Government Contract

2024 has already been full of good tidings. Recently, we were contacted ( along with every other Florida Dealer) by several contracting companies to bid on 2 Army vessels for them. What they did not know is that we had also been contacted directly by the Patrick Airforce Base to place our own bid directly. Tri Sea is not only Veteran owned but we also already have our own SAMS membership enabling us to contract directly with the government.

All bidders had to show up to inspect the vessels at a prescribed time together. That exact time was right in the middle of the Miami boat show. Tyler stood in for us at the inspection and obviously did a great job representing Tri Sea. Thank you Tyler!

We found out last week, that we got the contract for both boats. We are excited to start adding this technology to these boats not only for the sale but for future safety of troops of all branches. We hope it is the first in a long line of government contracts to come.

Invitation To the panhandle!

For many years many of our clients have been requesting that we offer support to them in the Panhandle are of Florida. We have traveled for them in a true emergency but we have always held back because of difficulty in flights getting out there and not having a true home base in the area.

We were recently introduced to Bob Anderson of the new Pensicola Marine Center (Formerly Pensicola Shipyard). Bob Came to the Marine Center with 3 decades of yard management, most of which had been with Saunders Marine. Bob has invited us, with open arms, to set up our Seakeeper Service Support shop in what we think may be the greatest Marine center on the East Coast, rivaling competition such as Saunders and Jarrett Bay. Installations will come in the future, but our biggest aim is to handle our traveling clients that fill the panhandle regularly. In employee news below you will note, we already have our first hire for that area. We plan to wait to announce it publicly until he is back from training with a truck and all the equipment needed for support.

EMPLOYEE NEWS:

Anniversary’s

Join us in Saying Happy Anniversary to your Team mates! 

IRA - Technician for Tri Sea Carolina Seakeeper Installations and Service..

IRA BENOIT 1 Years / WILMINGTON NC - As one our favorite managers always says, boy did we kiss a lot frogs in Wilmington before we found our current princely crew.

Ira came to us as not only a veteran in the outboard side of the industry but also a US Army Veteran. From Helicopters to boats he approaches every job with a good attitude and high integrity! The North Carolina market can be finicky and feast or famine and Ira just goes with the flow! Congrats IRA and Thank you!

LINDSEY HEUER 1 Year / TAMPA AREA Another Teacher!!!! Most of you will never talk to or hear from Lindsey, but she is a huge part of the puzzle because she handles the Mulah! Lindsey is our Accounts Receivables Specialist and has been doing a down right bang up job of it.

Many jobs in this industry can be thankless, but the person who has to convey and collect the bills is probably the least thanked of all of them. If you ever feel like reaching out to add a smile to her day, you can email her at ar@triseakeeper.com!

LINDSEY - Accounts Receivables for Tri Sea Seakeeper Installations, Service and Warranty.

MARK - Technician for Tri Sea Seakeeper Installations in Fort Lauderdale.


MARK BREWER 1 Years / FORT LAUDERDALE Wowzers were we lucky to find Mark. For those of you who don’t know Mark he knows the industry extremely well and used to run his own company in the Florida Keys. He could have gone anywhere to work at anytime and his resume fell in our lap and we hopped on it. Mark is relaxed in the state of chaos, charming in places that no one should be and a whiz at the MFD side of the house. We have learned as much from Mark as he has from us. If you see him, give him a congrats on his first year!!!! Thank you Mark!

BIRTHDAYS:

Join us in Saying Happy Birthday to your Seakeeper Elite Dealer Team Mates with Birthdays in April!

CHRIS COLOME 4/11

CONNOR BARNES 04/30

WELCOME CHANGES!

Join us in Congratulating our current Warranty Admin KRISTEN SMITH on her move into the Service Department this month. We had many applications for the new “Service Coordinator” Position and were pleasantly surprised that she was interested in applying from within. Once her replacement Staci gets rolling in the Warranty Admin. position later this month, Kristen will start the transition to the service team. Congratulations Kristen!

Newcomers

WELCOME TO THE TRI SEA SEAKEEPER ELITE DEALER TEAM!

Please give a warm welcome to some of the new faces joining us if you happen to run into any of them in your locations.

FRANCISCO CHAVEZ - Fort Lauderdale: SERVICE

KRISTOPHER LOWDER - Fort Lauderdale: RIDE / INSTALL

NAYIB LINARES - Fort Lauderdale: SERVICE

CAMDEN BRYSON - NC: EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

JUSTIN BROWN - Pensacola - SERVICE/INSTALL

STACI CARDOW - Remote / WARRANTY ADMIN

GYRO SHENANIGANS

I know some of you like to get your Gyro Updates. The first photo is of Gyro looking very proud of himself after he chased a blue heron through a Wilmington NC Marsh and the second is after I shamed him. It has taken 3 baths and 3 days and the smell is still not gone - but I am certain he enjoyed every second of it. lol

Tri Sea Seakeeper Newsletter: #2

TRI SEA NEWSLETTER: #2

March 4, 2024

TRI SEA COMPANY NEWSLETTER #2 : The Best in Seakeeper Stabilizers

THANK YOU ALL!

The biggest news we have from the month of February is at this years Miami International Boat Show we were, once again voted the best of the best in Seakeeper. This year they threw a twist in and gave us separate awards for “Best In Seakeeper Service”, “Best in Seakeeper Marketing” along with “Dealer of the Year”.

This is the first time in Seakeeper history, one dealer has won all three awards. How, you ask, did we get them? YOU, that’s how. I don’t watch football but I make a lot of metaphors about it that may or may not make sense. But coaches can make moves and plan the very best play but get no where without the team to carry it out. You all are the reason we are what we are. You are all so amazing and I wish you all could have been there to see the pride we had in all of you!

You can read more about it in this article.

https://aijourn.com/tri-sea-stabilizers-enjoys-triple-win-at-seakeeper-annual-dealer-awards/

COMPANY ANNIVERSARY’S:

Join us in Saying Happy Anniversary to your Team mates! 

HEIDI THOMPSON 1 Years / WILMINGTON NC - Many of you may not know that the happiest voice in the company came to us from the world of teaching. She was an elementary school teacher in Wilmington NC which must be the reason she commands our clients attention and melts their hearts at the same time. When Heidi started with us as our “Customer Happiness Specialist”, she had never been on a boat with a Seakeeper stabilizer before. Thankfully, that has changed. She is one of our biggest fans and has a true Team spirit. Happy 1 Year Heidi!!!

CAMERON OGLE 1 Years / WILMINGTON Cameron is the most persistent applicant we ever encountered. His love of Seakeeper and the science behind it constantly drew him to our boat when it was in town. Once we invited him in to an interview it was obvious we had to hire him. He has worked extremely hard, not only learn the service and installation process, but has excelled at the fabrication side of the house putting out some beautiful fiberglass work. Happy 1 year Cam!!!!

BIRTHDAYS:

Join us in Saying Happy Birthday to your Team Mates with Birthdays in March!

IRA BENOIT 03/11

CHRIS VASSURA 03/13

ERIC FROMEN 03/21

EMPLOYEE NEWS

WELCOME TO THE TRI SEA TEAM!

In March, we welcomed Two new sales team members to train on not only Ride and Gyro but the parts and mounts side of the house. If you see them around in their training and travels please give them a warm welcome.

JASON HENRY - Tampa

MARIO MUCCI - Florida Keys

We also welcomed two new Service Tech’s to the Fort Lauderdale Team as well as an Installation Tech to the Tampa team in February - Please give a warm welcome to these guys if you see them.

LEVI JOHNSTON - Fort Lauderdale

ANDRII STATSIURA - Fort Laduerdale

EVAN CONWAY - Tampa

SEAKEEPER And Tri Sea NEWS

Other News to share with you all:

  • We have been working on cultivating a strong relationship with builder OEM’s since day one here at Tri Sea. We want to be the future go to for service for every builder and dealer in NC and Florida. Check out the photos of Tri Sea coming to save the day at the Grady White factory in NC. Cameron, Levi and Tim just need some super hero capes to go along with their fancy truck as far as Grady was concerned. Great job guys!

TRI SEA NEWSLETTER: #1

TRI SEA COMPANY NEwsletter #1 : The SEakeeper Way

THANK YOU ALL!

This Newsletter has been created not only to keep our team up to date on all the goings on at Tri Sea, but to give credit where credit is due. So we start by thanking all of our Employees. Every day, Tim and I are grateful for all of you. We know how hard you are all working every day! Thank you for every day you show up and give us and our clients your amazing energy! They say it takes a village.  The future looks bright at Tri Sea!

The photo you see to the right was taken recently at the Wilmington, NC Boat Show. Barb’s Mom was in the hospital so the kids had to suit up and get to work so she could be with her.  Everyone is good and healthy now and the kids learned a lot about the Seakeeper product as well as how to talk about the Seakeeper Product to people who still think it is some sort of Circus trick ( They also got a lot of candy from other vendors for their trouble lol) The point is, without all of you manning you jobs in your respective locations we could not get out there and work these shows the way we do and bring in the business that we do. You guys all make this happen!

BIRTHDAYS:

Join us in Saying Happy Birthday to your Team Mates with Birthdays in January and February!

WESLEY MCCOOL 01/28

EDDIE CLAUDIO 02/05

Seakeeper Annual Dealer Review

In December, we had our Seakeeper Annual Dealer review and audit.  This meeting week seems to get bigger and run longer every year due to our Company growth.  It is something Seakeeper does with every single Seakeeper Dealer and each location across the board (which means 4 times under the gun for us). It involves a ton of prep work and completing boring spreadsheets for them leading up to the event, to answer all of their questions and hear their feedback. Thank you for being patient with us at the close of last year with how busy we were preparing and focusing on this meeting.  

During our Seakeeper corporate annual Review, we learned a lot about the industry as a whole and how we measured up compared to other dealers.  Here is what we can tell you about 2023 in close:

  • As a company, we performed around 1800 services and 143 Installations  by the end of the year and grew the install department and company as a whole around 7% in a year when almost no other dealer grew. THAT IS HUGE!!!!!!!  Great JOB. Steady growth is what every company can hope for. 

  • From our installation team to working with Service techs to admin. Everyone at Seakeeper gave ALL OF YOU 5 stars and raved about our entire team.

  • We at Tri Sea  have the most certified Seakeeper Master Tech’s globally and the most Seakeeper FRB certified technicians.  

  • While there has been a slowdown in the OEM market, Boat and Yacht  builders are not complaining, because their sales numbers are still so far ahead of what was projected for 2023 pre-covid.  

  • Our  competition is not providing the Seakeeper  training and standards that we are providing to our employees as well as our Vendor and Broker clients and Seakeeper clients themselves.

  • The Seakeeper 10.5 and Seakeeper 14 were introduced along with their specs and info. Important to note that both of these units will fit in the same space as a Seakeeper 9. WOW Check out the new Seakeeper pricing and Seakeeper sizing information for all Seakeeper units on our Seakeeper Price and Info Page of our website; whenever you need them.

The nuts and bolts of the meeting are that Seakeeper wanted to know, how are you guys doing what you are doing the way you are doing it.  THE ANSWER IS YOU! Thank you for making us look good!

EMPLOYEE NEWS

WElcome to the Tri SEa Team!

Next time you speak with him, please congratulate Connor and his wife Camy, on the birth of their baby girl, Stella Vee Barnes. Stella made her splash into the world at 2:20 AM on 01/19/24. CONGRATS CONNOR AND CAMY!!!!!

COMPANY ANNIVERSARY’S: JANUARY AND FEBRUARY

Join us in Saying Happy Anniversary to your Team mates! 

TYLER KINNETT 2 Years / TAMPA - When Tyler started with us as a basic marine tech, he had never been on a boat with a Seakeeper stabilizer before. He had his interview at the St. Pete boat show of 2022 and started working for us 2 weeks later. 2 Years later, he is the Operational Coordinator of the Entire Tampa Location. His dedication to the company is shown over and over again and he has become a master at Hurricane Prep move out and in.

CARLOS TERRIENTES 2 Years / FORT LAUDERDALE Carlos had also never been on a vessel with a Seakeeper when he came to his first interview with us. He has been grinding his way and learning new yoga tricks in the service department for 2 years. Our clients rave about him regularly. If you have worked with him you know he is precise, clean and never ever has return call t a boat. HIs accomplishments are vast and his taste in music is great!

JAKE CHAMPION 1 Year / FORT LAUDERDALE Jake came to us after some time in the marine industry looking for something exciting and new. Speaking for myself, Jake has truly given me faith again in the younger generation. His dedication to the company and work ethic is unrivaled. He always seems willing to pick up the ball whether it was left for him in dropped no matter the location or travel.

CHRIS COLOME 1 Year / FORT LAUDERDALE - Chris started last year with zero knowledge of the marine industry. We watched as he challenged himself a ton throughout his first year. He has shown much diligence and effort while learning under Joey. We are also proud to say he has just entered into the Yacht Service Apprenticeship Program through the MIASF under our sponsorship and we know he will do a great job.

NOTE: If any of you have any Seakeeper information Blog ideas for our website, let us know. We are always looking for ideas to write about for our Seakeeper clients. Any Seakeeper Refit or Service education we can give them is a bonus. if any of you would like to try your hand at writing one about something you want clients to know or could share with them, Please email them to me! I would love any and all ideas from you all! Check out our Seakeeper Blog.

GYRO is missing seeing you All!

 But he did enjoy playing in the snow with the kids recently during our little weather event!!!!!  It was sooooo cooooooooold though!